[Federal Register Volume 73, Number 129 (Thursday, July 3, 2008)]
[Notices]
[Page 38225]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: E8-15109]


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DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND HUMAN SERVICES

Centers for Disease Control and Prevention


Study Team for the Los Alamos Historical Document Retrieval and 
Assessment (LAHDRA) Project

    The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) and the Agency 
for Toxic Substances and Disease Registry (ATSDR) announces the 
following meeting.
    Name: Public Meeting of the Study Team for the Los Alamos 
Historical Document Retrieval and Assessment Project.
    Time and Date: 5 p.m.-7 p.m., (Mountain Time), Wednesday, July 23, 
2008.
    Place: Cities of Gold Hotel, Nambe Conference Room, Cities of Gold 
Road exit in Pojoaque (15 miles north of Santa Fe on U.S. 84/285), 10-A 
Cities of Gold Road, Santa Fe, New Mexico 87506, telephone (505) 455-
0515, fax (505) 455-3060.
    Status: Open to the public, limited only by the space available. 
The meeting room accommodates approximately 200 people.
    Background: Under a Memorandum of Understanding (MOU) signed in 
December 1990 with the Department of Energy (DOE) and replaced by MOUs 
signed in 1996 and 2000, the Department of Health and Human Services 
(HHS) was given the responsibility and resources for conducting 
analytic epidemiologic investigations of residents of communities in 
the vicinity of DOE facilities, workers at DOE facilities, and other 
persons potentially exposed to radiation or to potential hazards from 
non-nuclear energy production use. HHS delegated program responsibility 
to CDC.
    In addition, a memo was signed in October 1990 and renewed in 
November 1992, 1996, and in 2000, between the Agency for Toxic 
Substances and Disease Registry (ATSDR) and DOE. The MOU delineates the 
responsibilities and procedures for ATSDR's public health activities at 
DOE sites required under sections 104, 105, 107, and 120 of the 
Comprehensive Environmental Response, Compensation, and Liability Act 
(CERCLA or a Superfund). These activities include health consultations 
and public health assessments at DOE sites listed on, or proposed for, 
the Superfund National Priorities List and at sites that are the 
subject of petitions from the public; and other health-related 
activities such as epidemiologic studies, health surveillance, exposure 
and disease registries, health education, substance-specific applied 
research, emergency response, and preparation of toxicological 
profiles.
    Purpose: This study group is charged with locating, evaluating, 
cataloguing, and copying documents that contain information about 
historical chemical or radionuclide releases from facilities at the Los 
Alamos National Laboratory (LANL) since its inception. The purpose of 
this meeting is to review the goals, methods, and schedule of the 
project, discuss progress to date, provide a forum for community 
interaction, and serve as a vehicle for members of the public to 
express concerns and provide advice to CDC.
    Matters To Be Discussed: Agenda items include a presentation from 
the National Center for Environmental Health (NCEH) and its contractor 
regarding the status of project work and a summary of recent 
activities, such as reviews of documents held by LANL groups and 
divisions and information gathering that has targeted key information 
gaps that remain. Activities that will be undertaken to complete work 
by the LAHDRA contractor team within 2009 will be described. There will 
also be a photographic display and brief presentation by Peter Malmgren 
of Chimayo, New Mexico, regarding his ``Los Alamos Revisited'' oral 
history project. A representative of the Radiation Exposure Screening 
and Education Program (RESEP) has been invited to review the goals and 
activities of that program. Administered by the Federal Health 
Resources and Services Administration, RESEP helps individuals who live 
(or lived) in areas where U.S. nuclear weapons testing occurred. There 
will be time for public input, questions, and comments. All agenda 
items are subject to change as priorities dictate.
    Contact Person for Additional Information: Phillip R. Green, Public 
Health Advisor, Radiation Studies Branch, Division of Environmental 
Hazards and Health Effects, NCEH, CDC, 4770 Buford Highway NE., 
(Mailstop F-58), Atlanta, Georgia 30341-3717, telephone (770) 488-3748, 
fax (770) 488-1539, e-mail address: [email protected].

    Dated: June 26, 2008.
James D. Seligman,
Chief Information Officer, Centers for Disease Control and Prevention 
(CDC).
[FR Doc. E8-15109 Filed 7-2-08; 8:45 am]
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